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Accelerate Blue Fund Approaches First Close Goal
11/18/2020The Accelerate Blue Fund, which will provide early-stage investment capital for U-M startup companies, has raised $1.5M of its “first close” goal of $2M thanks to the generous donations of its Founders Circle Members and Supporters. Accelerate Blue has a target size of $20 million, which will be raised through...
2020 Recipient of the Jessica Soulliere Award
11/18/2020For his positive attitude, work ethic and leadership, Chuck Cole, Associate Director of the Michigan Venture Center, was awarded U-M Innovation Partnerships’s Jessica Soulliere Outstanding Service Award. The award is named for our late colleague, Jessica Soulliere, who was a trusted and valued member of OTT with an exceptional work...
20th Annual Celebrate Invention – Recap
11/18/20202020 has definitely forced all of us to redefine work and networking. As the date approached for the 20th annual Celebrate Invention we faced a choice: cancel it for 2020, or figure out how to host an impactful virtual event to connect our U-M startups, innovators, and partners. We chose...
Outstanding Service Award 2020
10/19/2020Chuck Cole, Associate Director of Ventures, is the 2020 recipient of U-M Innovation Partnerships’s Jessica Soulliere Outstanding Service Award. This award is named for our colleague, Jessica Soulliere, who was a trusted and valued colleague with an exceptional work ethic and a strong commitment to providing exceptional service. Chuck was...
Great Lakes Discovery Request for Proposals
10/7/2020The Great Lakes Discovery Fall RFP Cycle is now open, with Letters of Intent being accepted through 11:59 P.M. ET on November 30, 2020. The Letter of Intent (LOI) submission will address the items below: Novelty Genetics Biologic Rationale Preclinical Models Clinical Development Selected applicants will be invited to complete...
Refraction AI
9/28/2020Last Mile Delivery Robots Find Their Place During Stay at Home Order U-M robotics startup Refraction AI designs and operates networked fleets of autonomous robotic delivery vehicles. In the COVID-19 crisis they saw a clear need for the “last-mile” logistics platform that they had been testing on the streets of...
U-M Innovation Partnerships Impact
9/9/2020As I reflect on the past year and the challenges of the past few months, I feel incredible admiration for the ingenuity, brilliance and drive of the University of Michigan community of innovators…Kelly Sexton, Associate Vice President for Research Technology Transfer and Innovation Partnerships
U-M Record-Breaking Growth in Startups FY20
9/9/2020U-M launches record number of startups, inventions in FY2020, during period marked by pandemic By Jeff Karoub, Michigan News ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan launched a record 31 startups in fiscal year 2020, a 40% increase during a period that included a pandemic and temporarily shuttered labs. U-M inventors went...
2020 Distinguished University Innovator Award
8/27/2020Online Court Tool that Reduces Disparities, Virus Spread Wins Annual U-M Innovation Award By Jeff Karoub, Michigan News For developing technology that’s helping to democratize the justice system while decreasing the spread of COVID-19, University of Michigan law professor J.J. Prescott has earned this year’s Distinguished University Innovator Award. Prescott...
Celebrate Invention 2020
7/28/2020Celebrate Invention, September 21 – 24, 2020 Members of the University of Michigan community of innovators, leaders from promising U-M startups, and alumni gathered from around the world for the first-ever virtual Celebrate Invention to honor U-M inventors, discuss the growing impact of U-M innovations, and explore ways to further...
IMPACT Newsletter – June 2020
6/1/2020U-M and Deerfield Leaders Celebrate the Launch of Great Lakes Discovery
Deerfield Commits up to $130M to Commercialize Drug Discovery at the University of Michigan
5/27/2020By Jeff Karoub, Michigan News ANN ARBOR—A new partnership between the University of Michigan and health care investment firm Deerfield Management Co. will create a company to commercialize therapeutic projects that hold promise in solving unmet medical needs. U-M and Deerfield on Wednesday announced the launch of Great Lakes Discoveries...